šak-ud-gumānīh-vizār: The Doubt-removing book of Mardānfarrokh, Introduced, translated, and edited by Raham Asha, Paris, Alain Mole, 2004; Mumbai, K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 2014; Paris, Alain Mole, 2015.
The present saying is attributed to Vīštāspa. Note that here, Zurvān ‘Time’ is described as drōzan (OPers. draujana-) ‘lying’. From the Codex TD 26 ...
This Edict refers to a proclamation by Chosroes I (Anōšagruvān), according to which it is forbidden for any one, being son of a merchant or an artisan, to train for the dīvān and or the office of secretary in any part of Ērānšahr –while peasants could become scribes.